Web-based key for the identification of Pratylenchus spp.

Please fill in your matrix codes following the matrix codes of Castillo and Vovlas (2007):


A) Lip annuli:
– 1: two
– 2: three
– 3: four
B) Male:
– 1: absent
– 2: present
C) Stylet length:
– 1: stylet < 13 micrometer
– 2: stylet 13-15.9 micrometer
– 3: stylet 16-17.9 micrometer
– 4: stylet 18-20 micrometer
– 5: stylet > 20 micrometer
D) Shape of spermatheca:
– 1: absent or reduced
– 2: rounded to spherical
– 3: oval
– 4: rectangular
E) Vulva position, ratio V:
– 1: V<75%
– 2: V=75-79.9%
– 3: V=80-85%
– 4: V > 85%
F) Post-vulval uterine sac (PUS):
– 1:<16 micrometer
– 2: 16-19.9 micrometer
– 3: 20-24.9 micrometer
– 4: 25-29.9 micrometer
– 5: 30-35 micrometer
– 6:>35 micrometer
G) Female tail shape:
– 1: cylindrical
– 2: subcylindrical
– 3: conoid
H) Female tail tip:
– 1: smooth
– 2: striated
– 3: pointed
– 4: with ventral projection
I) Pharyngeal overlapping length:
– 1:<30 micrometer
– 2: 30-39.9 micrometer
– 3: 40-50 micrometer
– 4:>50 micrometer
J) Lateral field lines at vulval region:
– 1: four
– 2: five
– 3: six to eight
K) Lateral field structure at vulval region:
– 1: smooth bands
– 2: partially or completely areolated bands





Expected Bray-Curtis similarity: %






Contact: tien.quelampb@gmail.com

Please cite:

1. Nguyen, H.T., Trinh Q.P., Couvreur, M., Singh, P.R., Decraemer, W. and Bert, W. 2019. Description of Rotylenchus rhomboides n. sp. and a Belgian population of Rotylenchus buxophilus (Tylenchomorpha: Hoplolaimidae). Journal of nematology. 51: e2019-23.

2. Nguyen, H.T., Trinh Q.P., Couvreur, M., Singh, P.R., Decraemer, W. and Bert, W. 2019. Molecular and morphological characterisation of a new root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus horti n. sp. (Tylenchomorpha: Pratylenchidae) from Ghent University Botanical Garden. Nematology. 21, 739-752.